UK’s first independent 5G driverless car testbed goes live

The UK’s first independent 5G driverless car testbed has gone live in Millbrook as part of the AutoAir consortium.

Based at the Millbrook Proving Grounds test track, the Airspan-led consortium has deployed a small cell network of 89 base stations operating in the in the 2.3 and 3.4-3.8 GHz mid-band spectrum. The network also includes a 22 sector high-speed mobility 57-71 GHz mmWave highway system.

In theory, AutoAir’s network supports 5 Gbit/s every 300m. A public demonstration showed the system delivering 1 Gbit/s capacity to a McLaren travelling at 160 mph on the Millbrook high-speed bowl with handovers occurring every two seconds.
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